New Fiction – Fall 2006

FIC DES
Desai Hidier, Tanuja. Born confused. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2002. Seventeen-year-old Dimple, whose family is from India , discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians and not American enough for the Americans, as she sees her hypnotically beautiful, manipulative best friend taking possession of both her heritage and the boy she likes.

FIC HAD
Haddon, Mark. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time. 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed. New York : Vintage Contemporaries, c2003. Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

FIC ALB
Albom, Mitch, 1958-. The five people you meet in heaven. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Hyperion, c2003.


FIC BAG
Bagdasarian, Adam. Forgotten fire. New York , N.Y. : Laurel-Leaf Books, 2002, c2000. Twelve-year-old Vahan Kenderian, the son of an influential Armenian family in Turkey , struggles to survive alone after witnessing the deaths of many of his family and friends during the Armenian massacres of the early twentieth century.

FIC MCN
McNamee, Graham. Acceleration. 1st Dell Laurel-Leaf ed. [ New York ] : Laurel-Leaf Books, 2005, c2003. Stuck working in the lost and found of the Toronto Transit Authority for the summer, seventeen-year-old Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him.

FIC BRA
Brashares, Ann. The sisterhood of the traveling pants. New York , N.Y. : Delacorte Press, c2001. During their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences.

FIC HEA
Hearn, Lian. Across the nightingale floor. 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. New York : Riverhead Books, 2003, c2002.

FIC MAT
Matas, Carol, 1949-. After the war. 1st paperback ed. New York , N.Y. : Simon Pulse, 1997, c1996. After being released from Buchenwald at the end of World War II, fifteen-year-old Ruth risks her life to lead a group of children across Europe to Palestine .

FIC CAB
Cabot, Meg. All-American girl. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York, NY : HarperTrophy, 2003, c2002. A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son.

FIC ASA
Asai, Carrie. The book of the flame. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2004. After being kidnapped and involved in what turns out to be a fatal accident for their kidnappers, Heaven and Hiro continue to elude the Yukemuras and the Kogos as Heaven tries to piece together the puzzle of her life.

FIC ASA
Asai, Carrie. The book of the heart. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2004. Back in Japan , leading the life of a princess, Heaven misses the freedom of Los Angeles , but hopes to uncover the truth about who she is and what her future holds.

FIC HEL
Heller, Joseph. Catch-22. 1st Simon & Schuster pbk. ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004.

FIC STA
Stanley, Lynn , 1947-. A change of heart. Colorado Springs, Colo. : NavPress, c1990. Debbie, who has a mean streak, will stop at nothing to keep Cheryl from getting into "The Club." Finally, when things go too far, only a change of heart can prevent a devastating tragedy.

FIC TWA
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. The complete short stories of Mark Twain. Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, [1987], c1957.

FIC KIN
Kinsella, Sophie. Confessions of a shopaholic. New York : Delta Trade Paperbacks, c2001.

FIC HOP
Hopkins, Ellen. Crank. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2004.

FIC LIN
Lindsay, Jeffry P. Darkly dreaming Dexter : a novel. 1st Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ed. New York : Vintage Books, 2005, c2004.

FIC WEL
Wells, Rebecca . Divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood : a novel. New York : Perennial, 2004, c1996.

FIC NEV
Neville, Katherine. T he eight : a novel. New York : Ballantine Books, 1990, c1988.

FIC BRA
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-. Fahrenheit 451. New York : Ballantine Books, [1991], c1953.

FIC AND
Anderson, M. T. Feed. 1st pbk. ed. Cambridge , Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2004, c2002. In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

FIC RAN
Rand, Ayn. The fountainhead. New York : Penguin Books, 1993, FIC CHE Chevalier, Tracy. Girl with a pearl earring . New York : Plume, 2001, c1999.

FIC PUL
Pullman , Philip, 1946-. The golden compass. New York , N.Y. : Dell Yearling, 2001, c1995. Living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College , Lyra hears rumors of a magical dust that supposedly possesses powers that can unite whole universes, and begins a difficult and dangerous journey to find it.

FIC BRA
Bray, Libba. A great and terrible beauty. New York : Delacorte Press, c2003. After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England , after many years in India , to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.

FIC ROM
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. New York : Scholastic, inc., c1999. When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.

FIC ROW
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the goblet of fire. New York : Scholastic, inc., c2000. Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.

FIC ROW
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . New York , NY : Scholastic, 2003. When the government of the magic world and authorities at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry refuse to believe in the growing threat of a freshly revived Lord Voldemort, fifteen-year-old Harry Potter finds support from his loyal friends in facing the evil wizard and other new terrors.

FIC ROW
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban. New York : Scholastic, inc., c1999. During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.

FIC ROW
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. New York : Scholastic, Inc., c1998. Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.

FIC ADA
Adams, Douglas , 1952-. The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. New York : Ballantine Books, 2005, c1979.

FIC ROS
Rosoff, Meg. How I live now. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2006, c2004. To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.

FIC JON
Jones, Diana Wynne. Howl's moving castle. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 2001, c1986. Eldest of three sisters, in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.

FIC ELL
Ellison, Ralph. Invisible man. 2nd Vintage International ed. New York : Vintage International, 1995, c1980.

FIC CRI
Crichton, Michael, 1942-. Jurassic Park . New York : Ballantine Books, 1991, c1990.

FIC HOS
Hosseini, Khaled. The kite runner. 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. New York : Riverhead Books, 2004, c2003.

FIC GAI
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-. A lesson before dying. 1st Vintage contemporaries ed. New York : Vintage Books, c1993.

FIC MAR
Martel, Yann. Life of Pi : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. Orlando , FL : Harcourt, inc., c2001.

FIC LEW
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe. New York : HarperCollins, [1994?]. Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

FIC ORO
Smith, Ray, 1941-. The man who loved Jane Austen. NY : Kensington Books, c2006.

FIC STE
Stewart, Mary, 1916-. Mary Stewart's Merlin trilogy. 1st ed. New York : Morrow, 1980. The crystal cave.--The hollow hills.--The last enchantment.

FIC GOL
Golden, Arthur, 1957-. Memoirs of a geisha : a novel. Vintage contemporaries ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1999, c1997.

FIC PIC
Picoult, Jodi, 1966-. My sister's keeper : a novel. 1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed. New York : Washington Square Press, 2005, c2004.

FIC KIN
Kinoshita, Sakura. The mythical detective Loki Ragnarok. Vol. 1. Houston : ADV Manga, 2004.

FIC MCL
McLaughlin, Emma. The nanny diaries : a novel. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2002.

FIC KES
Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo's nest. New York : Penguin Books, 2003, c1962.

FIC ANT
Anton, Maggie. Rashi's daughters. 1st ed. Glendale , Calif. : Banot Press, c2005-. bk. 1. Joheved.

FIC RIC
Richter, Conrad, 1890-1968. The sea of grass. New York : Bantam Books, 1971, c1936.

FIC RUI
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos, 1964-. The shadow of the wind. New York : Penguin Press, 2004.

FIC MOR
Mori, Kyoko. Shizuko's daughter. 1st Ballantine Books ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1994, c1993. After her mother's suicide when she is twelve years old, Yuki spends years living with her distant father and his resentful new wife, cut off from her mother's family, and relying on her own inner strength to cope with the tragedy.

FIC HES
Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962. Siddhartha. New York : New Directions, 1957, c1951.

FIC WEE
Weeks, Sarah. So B. It : a novel. 1st ed. [ New York ] : Laura Geringer Books, c2004. After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno , Nevada , to New York to find out who she is.

FIC WUL
Wulffson, Don L . Soldier X. New York : Viking, 2001. In 1943 sixteen-year-old Erik experiences the horrors of war when he is drafted into the German army and sent to fight on the Russian front.

FIC HUF
Huff, Barb. The songwriter. Uhrichsville , Ohio : Barbour Pub., c2004. "Love is easy to sing about, but songwriter Darby McKennitt feels like she's losing faith in what real love is ..."--Cover back.

FIC SPI
Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl. 1st Knopf trade pbk. ed. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2002, c2000. In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.

FIC HEI
Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988 . Stranger in a strange land. New York : Ace Books, c1961.

FIC HEM
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. The sun also rises. New York : Scribner Paperback Fiction, [1995?].

FIC LEE
Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird. Warner Books ed. New York : Warner Books, [1982], c1960.

FIC WES
Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2005. Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.

FIC FLE
Fleischman, Paul. Whirligig. New York : Dell Laurel-Leaf, 1999, c1998. While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he caused, sixteen-year-old Brent finds forgiveness and atonement.

FIC FLA
Flake, Sharon G. Who am I without him? : short stories about girls and the boys in their lives. Rev. ed., 1st Jump at the Sun pbk. ed. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, c2005. So I ain't no good girl -- Girl, didn't I say I don't write letters? -- The ugly one -- Mookie in love -- Don't be disrespecting me -- I like white boys -- Jacob's rules -- I know a stupid boy when I see one -- Hunting for boys -- Wanted: a thug -- Not a boy -- A letter to my daughter. A collection of short stories about teenage girls and the issues they must deal with in their relationships with boys.

FIC IRV
Irving, John, 1942-. The world according to Garp. New York : Pocket Books, 1982, c1978.

FIC BRO
Brooks , Max . The zombie survival guide : complete protection from the living dead . 1st ed. New York : Three Rivers Press, c2003.